Star World on TSTV and more information

As of Saturday, we are receiving reports that "Star World" is now available on PEO TV with the Time Shift TV feature. This is indeed a great move by PEO as this will enable people to watch missed programmes several hours later.

In addition we are getting reports that Star Vijay has been replaced by Vasantham TV. If this is certainly the case then the logic behind this move is puzzling. After all replacing a International Tamil channel with a local Tamil channel is a bizarre move.

We are also receiving complaints about the quality of local channels over PEO TV. We hope that PEO Technical staff takes measures to improve the quality of the local channels.

PEO TV please remove logo from screen

We are receiving complaints from many PEO TV subscribers about the poorly designed logo that sits on the television screen. Now PEO can argue that mostly all DTH operators and IPTV operators have logo's on screen to prevent piracy but the placement of the logo is of utmost importance. Dish TV India has a small translucent logo on the bottom right hand corner. Even Dialog TV has a small translucent logo on the bottom right hand corner. However it looks like PEO logo is just too distracting. PEO should take steps to redesign the logo and place it in a proper or take off the logo all together.

In addition we are getting complaints of texts being scrolled during television programmes and we hope PEO refrains from such activity. If they want to earn some extra money by inserting a few advertisements which will enable them to turn a profit and reduce rental then please go ahead and do it but not at the viewers expense. These should be done with no affect on the viewing experience. If PEO is not sure then they should not do it unless they get things right.

The STB getting stuck issue and lack of channel choices still exist on PEO. We urge the subscribers to approach PEO TV by calling them or visit their offices and pressurise them to address their grievances because this is pay television and people cannot be pushed around like in FTA television.

Please keep us updated on the latest post regarding PEO TV as the days progress.

Star Sports & Star Cricket now on PEO TV

PEO TV have added Star Sports and Star Cricket to their lineup of channels. ESPN is still not available but it will be only a matter of time until ESPN is also added. According to unconfirmed sources these channels are available only on the A-la-carte menu at Rs 125/= per channel. Totalling upto Rs 250/= and when ESPN also comes in it may be another Rs 125/= for the channel. We believe that these channels should be allocated to either their Platinum, Gold or Silver packages. Rs 125/= for one of these channels may prevent subscribers from subscribing to these channels. If PEO TV is looking at beating the competition they should consider options that will promote these connections. PEO TV does not incur the overheads that these DTH operators have and it is sad to see that even without these overheads their subscriptions rates are still very high.

We hope that the management of PEO TV takes steps to add Star Sports & Cricket to one of their packages and reduce the a-la-carte prices.

Please keep us updated on the latest on PEO TV as the days progress.

"No Rain Fade" but all other problems exist

We are receiving several complaints from PEO TV subscribers regarding the problems. Even though PEO does not have the famous "Rain Fade" problem (occurs only during bad weather) that they so proudly boast of about. They are plagued by other problems such as "Waiting Signal", "Stuck STB" and severe pixelation which can occur regardless of the weather. Not everyone may be having all these problems but the most common such as "Waiting Signal" & "Stuck STB" are generally common and can generally be sorted out by restarting the Router which takes several minutes and can be pain if it occurs regularly.

We hope that PEO TV sorts out these problems soon as many of the people who moved from Dialog TV to PEO are considering switching back to Dialog TV.

With the backing of a large operator such as SLT we were of the view that PEO would be a much better service. Sadly this is not to be so. It seems that the SLT infrastructure is not capable of handling a television service or they have issued connections beyond capacity. We hope that SLT sorts out these problems if they are to become a worthy competitor in the pay television market.

Please keep us updated on the latest on PEO TV as the days progress.

PEO TV get your act together...

It looks like PEO TV is concentrating on more local channel launching than international ones. That is not a bad move, if you have covered the basic international channels such as ESPN Star channels, AXN, Hallmark, Cartoon Network, ect but these are not on as yet and unless these channels come aboard PEO will have a hard time.

PEO TV is using existing infrastructure for channel delivery and do not have to spend too much money on delivery infrastructure so they must focus more on new channel additions but it seems that the management at PEO do not know this. In a few months it will be an year since PEO TV was launched and still the lack of the basic channnels will begin to have an effect on its subscriber base. PEO should also organise more packages since on the long run PEO TV seems more expensive than their rival Sri Lankan operators. The A- La - Carte should be offered with more effective packages.

Swarnavahini on PEO and YATV to be launched

PEO TV launched local FTA channel "Swarnavahini" on their base package with TSTV functions and the works included. On May 29th PEO is expected to launch "Young Asia Television" on their platform. YATV which has programming over broadcasting over other channels will be launching their television channel for the first time.

While it is much appreciated that PEO TV is launching local niche channels, PEO must take immediate steps to launch channels such as AXN, ESPN Star Sports channels, NEO channels, ect since they must cater to the needs of pay television viewers. These channels are basic among all pay networks and hopefully these are launched soon.

Please keep us updated on the latest on PEO TV as the days progress.

Suba Aluth Awruddak Wewa

We take this opportunity to wish the management and staff of SLT Visioncom and our fellow bloggers "Suba Aluth Awruddak".

We thank you for the support extended towards us and for your invaluable contributions and look forward to continue with you into the future.